Job Description

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Non Bargaining

Job Title

Research Associate

Department

Rohling | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science (Robert Rohling)

Posting End Date

October 13, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

October 31, 2027

Job details and application process:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm on October 16, 2026. The anticipated start date is November 1, 2026. This initial appointment is for a one-year term at 40 hours per week, with possibility of extension subject to work performance and available funding. The starting salary is $95,000 per annum.

To apply, please provide the following: a one-page letter of intent which includes a statement of your research interest, a detailed curriculum vitae, a PDF copy or a link to one of your recent and related peer-reviewed publications, and the names of three references. Please submit the requested documents in one combined PDF file. Only completed applications will be considered.

Complete application packages should be submitted online through the UBC Faculty Careers job portal (https://hr.ubc.ca/careers-and-job-postings/faculty-careers).

CONTEXT: UBC DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The University of British Columbia is a Tier One research university with over 55,000 students and 5,700 faculty, ranked among the top twenty universities in the world and the top three in Canada. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of the largest academic units at UBC, with over 400 graduate students and 1,100 undergraduate students. The department is situated on UBC’s Point Grey campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver is consistently rated as one of the world’s most livable cities. The University of British Columbia and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering acknowledge the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people on whose traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory the University resides.

For more information about the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, please visit https://ece.ubc.ca/. For information about the laboratory of Prof. Rohling please visit https://ece.ubc.ca/robert-rohling/.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

Research Associate

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver campus, is seeking a full-time Research Associate to join the laboratory of Professor Robert Rohling. This position will involve research on the design, fabrication and testing of novel ultrasound devices.

The Research Associate will work on the computer simulation of new ultrasound transducers, optimization of performance parameters, design of real-time ultrasound devices, testing, and data analysis of ultrasound signals on both medical and non-medical applications.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Conducting research on capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers and their associated electronics
• Modeling with finite-element analysis software and acoustic simulation software
• Establishing design criteria in collaboration with end-users
• Optimizing performance to meet end-users’ requirements
• Fabrication of complete ultrasound devices
• Testing ultrasound devices on relative materials, including in calibrated water baths and tissue-mimicking materials
• Acquiring acoustic data and developing data analysis algorithms
• Mentoring students in design, fabrication and testing of ultrasound devices
• Preparing documentation and publications in journals and conferences
• Preparing presentations and meeting with end-user stakeholders
• Helping with grant funding proposals and reports

Minimum Requirements:

• Doctorate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• At least three years of postdoctoral training in a relevant discipline
• An excellent publication record, with multiple first-author and co-authored publications in relevant fields